Sarah Hayley Orrantia

Sarah Hayley Orrantia, born February 21, 1994 was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Her most famous role is that of Erica Goldberg in the ABC comedy show The Goldbergs. She was part of Lakoda Rayne, a country pop girl group assembled by Paula Abdul during the first season of The X Factor. In the year 2015, she debuted "Love Sick" the first single from her debut album. Her debut EP The Way Out was released in May 2019. Orrantia began singing at age of nine and began professionally training at twelve. She was 13 when she wrote her first single. By 15, she had recorded her first EP of cover songs and was writing songs with her songwriter Jamie Houston who at the time was best known for her songs written for the three Disney High School Musical movies. Orrantia was a contestant in summer 2011 to be a participant of the first season on The X Factor. Orrantia was chosen from an YouTube video and was awarded four "yes" votes from judges in the live audition stage in Seattle. Though she auditioned initially as a solo performer, in "Hollywood Week" the singer, along with three other female singers were joined together for the remainder of the auditions. They were referred to as Lakoda Rayne. They were eliminated at the fifth week during the live shows.